Brexit
\bʁɛk.sit\
The verdict
“Brexit” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,334
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sortie du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brexit · Brexit · French
Brexit · rank #13,334 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,334
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH BP
Nearest frequency peer: BP (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Brexit »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- barreaux
barreaux
86,670 corpus weight
- boucherie
boucherie
86,669 corpus weight
- BP
BP
86,668 corpus weight
- Brexit
Brexit
86,667 corpus weight
- bémol
bémol
86,666 corpus weight
- calcium
calcium
86,665 corpus weight
What this shows « Brexit » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brexit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bʁɛk.sit\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Brexit »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Brexit (IPA \bʁɛk.sit\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,334 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sortie du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Brexit, with forms such as "bbrexit", "berxit", and "breixt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "brit", "bruit", "bret", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Brexit, spelled B-R-E-X-I-T.
Definition
- 1Sortie du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brexit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoi qu’il en soit cette élection partielle relancera le débat sur le « Brexit », et donnera un avant-goût de la campagne pour les élections de l’an prochain…
[On ne peut savoir si] la crise de Fachoda n’eût-elle pas été ressentie comme un moment d’humiliation nationale par le très jeune Charles de Gaulle, la Grande-Bretagne aurait été autorisée à adhérer beaucoup plus tôt au projet européen, serait devenue pleinement engagée et intégrée, et n’aurait pas voté en faveur du Brexit en 2016.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbrexit
- berxit
- breixt
- brexitt
- brexti
- brexxit
- brrexit
- brxeit
- rbexit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Brexit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Brexit"?
What does "Brexit" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Brexit"?
How do you pronounce "Brexit"?
What language does "Brexit" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brexit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).